Do you really need ALL the IT stuff you have?

[DS23]

i binned my first co laptop just the other week. a hp presario iirc. useless great lump had been gathering dust for 6 years.

out with the old and in with the new.

2.5k of goodies are arriving next week and hq at the bottom of the garden is finally getting the connectivity it deserves with installation of company broadband & phone on friday. working from home will be getting faster, shiner and legit!

[ctdctd]

Still got my win98 Toshiba laptop. I did have a Win 3.1 B&W laptop in the shed but found it wasn't working and new CMOS battery didn't help. You can't throw things away before they die, little gadgets have feelings too!

I have 2 x Zenith SuperSport 286 laptops
One has twin floppies and works - well it did three years ago.
The other has a hard disk and only works after much persuasion getting the disk to start spinning - last time I had to dismantle the laptop and undo and re-tighten the disk drive spindle mount.

I think it has DOS 3 on it - might give it a go later on

Edit - you can tell I'm focusing on the phone interview.
The Zenith SuperSport with the hard disk still works.

It's actually branded Honeywell Bull and has DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.0 on it

[bless 'em all]

You can't throw things away before they die

And when they do die they go to Silicon Heaven.

[ctdctd]

Dell 24U Rack
1 x HP DL585 G2 - 4 x Opteron Quad Core, 32Gb RAM, running VmWare ESXi 5
1 x Dell SC1435, Dual 3Ghz Opteron, 16Gb RAM, 2 x 250Gb SATA2, running VmWare ESXi 5

....16 bay SATA SAN with 4 x 2Tb disks waiting to go into the Rack
....Also contemplating buying another DL585 G2 server.

Wife is happy with this

GE

But who pays the 'leccy bill?

And someone - please think of all the fluffy Polar Bears and suchlike the carbons are killing even as we speak.

[xoggoth]

Still got my win98 Toshiba laptop. I did have a Win 3.1 B&W laptop in the shed but found it wasn't working and new CMOS battery didn't help. You can't throw things away before they die, little gadgets have feelings too!

[garethevans1986]

Dell 24U Rack
1 x HP DL585 G2 - 4 x Opteron Quad Core, 32Gb RAM, running VmWare ESXi 5
1 x Dell SC1435, Dual 3Ghz Opteron, 16Gb RAM, 2 x 250Gb SATA2, running VmWare ESXi 5

....16 bay SATA SAN with 4 x 2Tb disks waiting to go into the Rack
....Also contemplating buying another DL585 G2 server.

Wife is happy with this

GE

[ctdctd]

You never know when a copy of Minix from 1995 might come in handy, like.

Yes - the same applies for my copy of Netware 3.11 complete with manuals that I seem to have on the bookshelf.

[ctdctd]

What's need got to do with it?

WSS +1

Good point, well presented.

Maybe I don't need the space I'd free up by ditching the server, screen, scanner and assorted junk laptops I never use!
Oh well, stops me acquiring other junk to replace them then.

[SimonMac]

What's need got to do with it?

WSS +1

[cojak]

What's need got to do with it?

[ctdctd]

Got a phone interview this afternoon for a domain migration role so thought I'd fire up the w2003 server to remind myself what all the tools do.

Apart from a flat CMOS battery it started fine - Event viewer told me I'd last bother to use it in May 2010!

Handy to have though - my VM was an eval version and has expired

You can't beat a proper server